Every fall I tell myself not to get too emotional about Alabama football. “It’s just a bunch of guys I don’t know, who are going to a school that I didn’t attend, who are playing a game with a ball, a game that I have no control over, and whose result doesn’t have […]

  As Alabamians gather today to watch football and feast on fried turkey, we should also remember the words written by President George Washington in his proclamation establishing “a day of public thanksgiving and prayer” in 1789 that eventually became known as Thanksgiving Day. “It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence […]

    Alabama’s democratic process is under attack by rogue elements within the Republican political establishment who, I suspect, planted the story with the Washington Post to influence how our state’s voters decided this special election. Their shortsighted tactical objective: to disrupt the candidacy of Roy Moore, a politician whose substance and style they detest. […]

    Since it’s been nearly two weeks since Alabama’s special Senate election was rocked by allegations that Roy Moore sexually abused a 14-year old girl, I issued a set of progress reports yesterday on how some of Alabama’s most influential institutions were handling the crisis. Interim grades were given to Moore’s campaign (C+), his […]

    It’s been 11 days since Alabama’s special Senate election was rocked by allegations that Roy Moore sexually abused a 14-year old girl when he was in his early 30s. Wagons were circled, denials were issued, and other accusers have come forward since then. So how well are some of Alabama’s most influential institutions […]

  Whore. Liar. White trash. Those are only some of the kinder names that men – well, men in the loosest of meanings – have been calling Roy Moore’s accusers online. I cannot print most of the harassing language they’re using to describe these eight middle-aged ladies from Alabama. It’s contemptible, and guys, this ugliness […]

I promised on this site last week to be patient, thoughtful and deliberate before reaching any conclusions about the allegations against Roy Moore. I kept that promise, and hit the mainstream media again and again for what I believe is a political hit job on our election process. But I also came to an uncomfortable […]

  I was straightening the house recently and picked up my oldest son’s favorite magazine off the living room floor. Memories of my own boyhood subscription brought a smile, but then I wondered, “Am I holding one of the last copies of Boys Life?” The culturally leftward trajectory of the Boy Scouts of America’s national […]

The editors and reporters at the Washington Post are normally the ones who ask the questions. But the people of Alabama have a few questions themselves, and after the Washington Post dynamited our Senate election last week it owes us some answers. Their article reported its revelations were unearthed while their journalists were in Etowah […]

    My first thought after reading the Washington Post’s story alleging that Roy Moore preyed upon teenaged girls was … this sounds believable. Why would a woman, multiple women, in fact, fabricate such a story? The thought of electing such a man to the U.S. Senate from Alabama made me sick to my stomach. […]

  Many Alabamians have already judged the judge or condemned the media, and their position seems guided by how people have felt about Roy Moore since we first learned about the “Ten Commandments Judge” more than 20-years ago. You loved him … or you hated him. So now you either believe him … or not. […]

  If we know one thing about Judge Roy Moore it’s this: he’s not going to willingly step aside and allow the political establishment to place someone else’s name on the ballot. https://twitter.com/MooreSenate/status/928771064406167552   If he goes, it’ll be the same way Moore was removed from the bench – by force of law. That’s why […]

    One of the qualities that we hope to have at Yellowhammer News is a sense of thoughtfulness, the ability to gather information, consider the various aspects of an issue, deliberate upon the consequences and then chart a path ahead for Alabama’s conservatives. We will not be anyone’s attack dog. Nor will we be […]

  Alabama’s special election for U.S. Senate next month is about one thing: the Supreme Court. Regardless of either candidate’s campaign promises, the arcane rules of senate seniority mean that the winner will be a powerless backbencher for at least the next couple of years, maybe more, unable to change much and capable of very […]

  President Ronald Reagan visited Tuscaloosa during his 1984 campaign for reelection and spoke about his dear friend, the Bear. “He was a leader,” Reagan said. “Patriotic to the core, devoted to his players, inspired by a winning spirit that wouldn’t quit, and that’s how he made legends out of ordinary people.” The president continued, […]

  Doug Jones, the Democrat nominee to replace Senator Jeff Sessions, appeared on MSNBC recently and was asked whether he’d support banning abortion after 20-weeks, the time at which an unborn child is known to feel the pain of the brutal procedure. “You wouldn’t be in favor of legislation that said ban abortion after 20 […]

Last month an organization of anti-Christian extremists began pushing around a small town Alabama high school, threatening lawsuits if administrators didn’t stop the community from praying at the stadium before football games. Last Friday night that community pushed back. Hewitt-Trussville High School students wore “Stand Up for Prayer” t-shirts while reciting the Lord’s Prayer shortly before […]

It’s been exactly 100-years since Alabama-native Osmond Kelly Ingram was killed during a German U-boat attack in the North Atlantic on October 15, 1917, becoming our nation’s first enlisted serviceman to die in World War I. And today Alabama paused to remember her native son’s service, to honor his sacrifice, and to reflect upon the […]

Everybody’s pointing fingers. Many blame guns. Others blame mental illness. Some blame the glorified violence in our videogames, film, and television. And a few blame everyone and everything but the shooter himself. But what if the real architect behind the Las Vegas massacre isn’t someone we can hold accountable? What if the real weapon isn’t […]

Some say Judge Roy Moore’s victory over Senator Luther Strange last Tuesday was a loss for the president: “Alabama defeat leaves Trump weakened, isolated amid mounting challenges,” read a headline in the Washington Post. Others say it was a defeat for the Senate majority leader: “Judge Roy Moore wins Alabama Senate primary, dealing a huge […]